I Survived! 8 English Phrases to Use After Difficult Situations · Learn English with Bob the Canadian
学习8个英语短语，用于在经历困难、紧张或挑战后表达感受。适合练习日常口语和应对压力场景。
In this English lesson, I'm going to teach you eight different English phrases that we use after we've done something difficult.
在这节英语课上，我将教你8个不同的英语短语，这些短语通常用于我们在完成某件困难的事情之后。
Some of these phrases are exaggerations, where we make it sound like the thing we did was more difficult than it actually was.
其中一些表述属于夸张的说法，目的是让我们的行为听起来比实际情况更加困难。
And here's the first example, so you know what I'm talking about.
以下是第一个例子，这样你们就能明白我在说什么了。
Last week was my first week back at school as a teacher, and I survived.
上周是我作为教师重返学校的第一周，我顺利度过了这一阶段。
When you use the phrase "I survived," It means that you did something dangerous or something risky, but sometimes we use it to describe something normal,
当你使用“我活下来了”这个短语时，它意味着你经历了某种危险或具有风险的事情；不过有时候我们也会用它来描述一些平常的事情。
like your first week back at work or your first day back at work.
就像你刚回到工作岗位的第一周，或者第一天上班时的那种感觉一样。
So last week was my first week back at work after having the summer off, and I survived.
上周是我在度完暑假后第一次重返工作岗位，不过我顺利度过了那周的工作。
I started the week, I did my work.
我开始了这一周的工作，完成了自己应该做的事情。
At the end of the week, I felt good, and I had done it.
到了周末，我感觉很不错，因为我已经完成了目标。
I survived.
我活下来了。
The second phrase I want to teach you is actually two phrases, and it's the phrases I did it,
我想教给你的第二组短语其实是由两个独立的短语组成的。这些就是我实际使用过的短语。
or I made it.
或者，我终于成功了。
You would say these two phrases after doing something difficult.
你会在完成了一件困难的事情之后说出这两句话。
If I ran a marathon, that's never going to happen.
如果我参加马拉松比赛的话，这种事情永远都不会发生。
Or if I climbed a mountain, I don't think that's going to happen either.
或者，即使我登上了山顶，我认为那种事情也不会发生。
When I finished the race or when I got to the top of the mountain, I could say I did it.
当我完成比赛，或者登上山顶的那一刻，我就可以说：“我做到了。
Or I could say I made it.
或者我也可以说，我成功了。
I would basically be celebrating the fact that I did something extremely difficult.
我其实是在庆祝自己完成了一件极其困难的事情。
So if you do something very difficult in your life.
那么，如果你在生活中完成了某件非常困难的事情……
When you're done, you could say, "I did it," or you could say, "I made it."
当你完成某件事后，你可以说：“我做到了”，或者也可以说：“我成功了”。
This third phrase is the phrase, "The worst is behind
这第三个短语就是：“最糟糕的阶段已经过去了”。
me now," and you use this phrase usually after you have an injury or surgery or something where
我现在……” 这个短语通常是在你受伤、接受手术或其他类似情况之后使用的。
part of the experience is really, really bad.
这段经历中有一部分内容实在糟糕至极。
So it could apply to other things as well.
因此，这种方法也可以应用于其他领域。
And then when you're starting to feel a little bit better after an injury or a surgery, you could say,
当你在受伤或手术后开始感觉好一些时，你可以说……
"Oh, the worst is behind me now."
哦，最糟糕的事情现在已经过去了。
Basically, it's a difficult time, but one part of that difficult time was more difficult than the rest of it,
简单来说，这是一个艰难的时期；而在这个艰难时期中，有一部分经历尤其比其他部分更加痛苦（或更加难以忍受）。
and that's the worst part.
而这正是最糟糕的部分。
So you could say, "Oh, the worst is behind me now."
所以你可以说：“哦，最糟糕的时刻已经过去了。
For me, when I broke my collarbone, the first week was awful, but after the first week, I could literally say,
对我来说，当我锁骨骨折的时候，第一周的痛苦简直难以忍受；但过了第一周之后，我真的可以说……
"Oh, the worst is behind me now.
哦，最糟糕的事情现在已经过去了。
I think I'm starting to feel better.
我觉得自己的情况开始好转了。
The fourth phrase is the phrase I lived to tell the tale.
第四个短语是：“我活下来就是为了把这个故事讲出来。
And this is another funny phrase in English, a bit of an exaggeration.
这是英语中另一个有趣的表达方式，其实有点夸张的成分。
You might use this after you, let's say, go on a roller coaster.
比如说，在乘坐过过山车之后，你就可以使用这个了。
Every year, my school goes to an amusement park, and there are a lot of roller coasters.
每年，我们学校都会去游乐园，那里有很多过山车。
If I went on a roller coaster, and if I was terrified to go on it, when the ride was done,
如果我乘坐过过山车，而且当时我非常害怕乘坐那次过山车的话，那么当过山车之旅结束后……
I could say to my colleagues, "Well, I lived to tell the tale."
我可以对我的同事们说：“好吧，我活了下来，得以把这个故事讲出来。
Basically saying that I was alive when I started, and there was no big accident or something tragic that would have...
简单来说，就是我在开始的时候就已经“活着”了（即处于正常的生活状态中），并没有发生什么重大的事故或悲剧性事件来改变我的处境……
Well, let's not talk about that.
好吧，我们就不讨论那个话题了。